NEWS
New tax assessor to take oath
The Montague County Tax Assessor’s office will open at 8:30 a.m. on April 1 following the swearing in ceremony of Kathy Phillips, new tax assessor.
Phillips was selected by the commissioner’s court last week to fill the remaining term of Syd Nowell, who will be retiring effective April 1. Phillips, who lives in Bowie, has worked as a clerk in the office the past two years. She was recommended for the job by Nowell and the committee appointed by the court to fill the position.
Nowell has served as county tax assessor-collector since September 1999. The elected job will be on the March 2020 party primary with candidates battling it out for a chance to be on the general election ballot and begin a new term in January 2021.
The retiring tax assessor will be celebrated with a retirement party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 29 in the courthouse annex. The public is welcome.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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